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contumelious
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(of behavior) scornful and insulting; insolent.
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impertinent
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not showing proper respect, rude
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insolent
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rude and arrogance, lack of respect
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presumptuous
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of a person/ behavior failing to observe the limits of what is appropriate or permitted.
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impudent
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not showing proper respect, impertinent
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Contrition
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feeling remorse or pertinent
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pertinent
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relevent or applicable to a particular matter
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apposite
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apt in the circumstances or in relation to something
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compunction
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strong uneasiness caused by guilt
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Permeate
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Pervade, penetrate (spread through out)
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propound
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put forward an idea [to others] for consideration
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reproach
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adress someone in dissaproval or disappointment
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smirch
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soil
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adjured
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request someone solemnly to do something
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arch
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deliberately teasing
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machicolations
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(in medieval fortifications) an opening between the supporting corbels of a projecting parapet or the vault of a gate, through which stones or burning objects could be dropped on attackers.
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Phantasmagoria
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a sequence of real or imaginary images like that seen in a dream : what happened next was a phantasmagoria of horror and mystery.
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vagaries
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an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone's behavior
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vilify
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speak or write about in a abusivly disparaging manner
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objectify
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express an abstract in concrete form
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despondent
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low spirits loss of hope or courage
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amok
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pissed off
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copious
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abundant
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seditious
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inciting rebellion against authority
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meritorious
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deserving reward or praise
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pacific
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peaceful in character
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incendiary
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very exciting/ stirs up conflict/ creates fires
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obsolescence
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becoming obsolete
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timorous
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shyness
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auteur
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A filmmakers mark
a filmmaker whose movies are characterized by a filmmaker's creative influence. |
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reticent
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reserved
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staid
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stoic
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arcane
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understood by only a few, secret
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assimilate
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absorb/integrate, resemble/liken (make or become similar)
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autonomy
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independence
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cosmopolitan
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worldly
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entourage
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group of associates (retinue)
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retinue
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group of advisiors (accompanying someon)
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esoteric
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understood by a few
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gaffe
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fax pas
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idiosyncrasy
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peculiar characteristic
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inuslar
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isolated
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orthodox
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traditional
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potentate
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monarch (one who has power over others)
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castigate
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scold, rebuke
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censure
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Blame (someone officially)
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denounce
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condemn openly
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relinquish
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give up, retire from
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vituperative
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abusive condemnation
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circumscribe
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restrict/ draw a circle around
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contiguous
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sharing an edge of boundary
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conciliatory
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appeasing, soothing
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credible
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plausible, believable
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plausible
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reasonable or probable
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exonerate
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free from blame
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indict
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charge with a crime
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litigious
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prone to engage in lawsuits
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parity
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equality
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recitiude
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morals, righteousness
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remiss
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lax/negligent in duty
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repudiate
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reject
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pretense
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try to make something not the case seem true
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feign
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pretend to be affected with,
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scrupulous
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conscientious, principled
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solicitous
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concerned
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sophistry
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fallacious argument
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veracity
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truth
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vindicate
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free from blame
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cajole
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coax
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chicanery
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trickery
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obsequious
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fawning, servile
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sycophant
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insincere, obsequious flatter
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extol
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praise highly
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laudatory
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full of laud or praise
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magnanimous
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courageous and noble
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philanthropic
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humanatarian (money generosity)
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defunct
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no longer existing/ functioning
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eradicate
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abolish
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extirpate
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destroy
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quell
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surpress, put down with force
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raze
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level to the ground
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squelch
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squash
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supplant
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usurp the place of/ substutite
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stymie
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thwart
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deride
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mock contemptuously
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effrontery
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brazen boldness, presumptuousness
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ignominy
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morally wrong, disgraceful conduct, dishonor
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impugn
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attack as false
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mar
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damage
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pejorative
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disparaging (adj)
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vex
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annoy bother
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vindictive
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disposed to revengefulness
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bombastic
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given to pompous speech or writing
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ebullience
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enthusiastic
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exorbitant
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exceeding all bounds
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gratuitous
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giving freely, unearned, unnecessary
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lavish
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extravagant
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lugubrious
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mournfal
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ubiquitous
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omnipresent
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vicarious
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feeling like one is taking part in the experience of another
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amalgam
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mixture
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inundate
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overwhelm (like a flood), swamp
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multifarious
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diverse
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multiplicity
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great number
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curative
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be able to cure or heal
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felicitous
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pleasant, suited
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belie
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misrepresent
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dubious
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doubtful
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duplicitious
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deceptive on purpose
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fallacy
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false notion
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mendacious
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lying, untruthful
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specious
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spurious, false
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ambiguous
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open to many interpretations
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ambivalent
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simultaneous opposite feelings, uncertain
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equivocal
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open to two or more interpretations
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impetuous
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impulsive, passionant
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impetus
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impelling force/ stimulus
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vacillate
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oscillate
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flag
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decline in vigor
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ingenuous
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gullible, naive
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surreptitious
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secretive
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modicum
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small amount
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paucity
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scarcity
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squander
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spend wastefully
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temperate
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moderate, restrianed, temperate
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tenuous
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shaky, having little substance or strength
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maverick
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rebel
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mercenary
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motivated soley by desire for money/ material gain
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tenacity
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persistance
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vigilant
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on alert/ watchful
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extraneous
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irrelevant
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synergy
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combined action/operation
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tangential
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only superfically relevent
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dirge
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funeral hymn
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eclectic
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made of variety of sources/ styles (eceltic)
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sonorous
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deep full sound
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strident
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loud, harsh, shrill, grating
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debacle
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ludicrous defeat/ faliure
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tumultuous
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noisy/ disorderly
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archaic
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old/ characteristic of earlier time
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dilatory
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habitually late
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redolent
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fragrant
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temporal
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relating to time
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ephemeral
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lasting for only a breif time
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portent
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bad omen
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prescience
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foreknowledge, foresight
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austere
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strict
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banal
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commonplace, trite
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hackneyed
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overused, trite
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insipid
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uninteresting
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prosaic
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unimaginative, dull
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soporific
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inducing sleep
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vapid
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lacking life, dull
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brevity
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breif duration
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expedient
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speedy, convinent, appropriate to a purpose
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augment
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to supplement, make greater in size/extent
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bolster
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prop up
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burgeon
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grow/ flourish
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copious
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plentiful
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grandiose
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grand
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prodigious
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enormous
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profundity
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depth of intellect
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redouble
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double
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scintillating
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brilliant
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conspicuous
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obvious
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demure
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modest
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diffidence
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shy
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docile
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submissive
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innocuous
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harmless
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quiescent
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quiet still
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concur
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agree
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dogmatic
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attached to insufficently proven beliefs
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fastidious
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carefully attentive to detail/ hard to please
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intransigence
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refusal to compromise
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jocular
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joking
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meticulous
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precise
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affable
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friendly
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amiable
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friendly
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sanguine
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cheerfully confident, optimistic
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cantankerous
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ill tempered
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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deleterious
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having a harmful effect
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flippant
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disrespectfully casual
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insolent
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insulting in manner/speech
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nefarious
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wicked
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pernicious
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irrevocablyl harmful, deadly
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rancorous
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deep seated ill will
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repugnant
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arousing disgust
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stratify
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seperate into layers
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variegated
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varicolored
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Abulia
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without a will; without independent thought.
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alexia
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disorder that causes one to be without the ability to read
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maladroit
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badly coordinated, clumsy
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malefactor
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evil doer
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pungnacious
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eager or quick to argue
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dogged
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follow someone persistantly/closley,
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vindicated
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clear someone of blame or suspicion
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affable
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friendly
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Dilettante
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person with amateur interest in arts
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arbiter
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person who has ultimate authoirty in a matter/ person who settle disputes
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despotic
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cruel ruler holding absolute power
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heinous
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wicked
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exculpate
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declare someone is not guilty of wrong
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disparity
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difference
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tenuous
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shaky
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wary
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watchful
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poignant
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touching (sad)
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